“It was the night that the power went out in Berkeley that he'd finished Joyce's Finnegan's Wake by the light of a candle. Sometimes you need to be forced to study what's right in front of you.”
“He turned out the light and went into Jem's room. He would be there all night, and he would be there when Jem waked up in the morning.”
“Sometimes what you want is right in front of you. All you have to do is open your eyes and see it.”
“Crystal ball and candle light, I want your dance tonight. Show me the power of love as we stand together in the middle of the night.”
“The first thing to say about Finnegans Wake is that it is, in an important sense, unreadable.”
“Sometimes when you're looking for an answer, you search everywhere else before you take a look at what's right in front of you.”